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The equity dimension in evaluations of the quality and outcomes framework: A systematic review
... the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in the UK and to describe (in)equities in exception ...theory-based framework conceptualising equity in terms of equal access, equal treatment and ...
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Differences in the quality of primary medical care for CVD and diabetes across the NHS: evidence from the quality and outcomes framework
... The Quality and Outcomes Framework of the 2004 General Medical Services Contract provides a new and potentially rich source of comparable clinical quality data through which we compare ...
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Swiss Quality and Outcomes Framework: Quality Indicators for Diabetes Management in Swiss Primary Care Based on Electronic Medical Records
... the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) - based on incentivized quality indicators - has been established to narrow the ...as quality indicators in terms of a Swiss Quality and ...
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Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework
... A Department of Health initiated external stakeholder group developed and defined the Primary Dental Care Patient Assessment (PDCPA). The framework of the PDCPA will be used to underpin the DQOF. In addition, a ...
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United Kingdom: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
... “squeezing more treatment from the same resources” to incentives that support quality, patient responsiveness and partnership with local authorities. Performance targets, some of which were tied to financial ...
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Developing and testing quality indicators for the Thai Quality and Outcomes Framework
... indicator should be ...measuring quality of care could provide advantages because these secondary data are readily available and are relatively ...the quality of medical care provided to Medicare ...
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NICE Quality Standards and the Commissioning Outcomes Framework: A work in progress
... supporting Quality Standards developed by NICE setting out the structures and processes of care that the evidence suggests would be most likely to deliver improved outcomes for the overall domain as well as ...
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Quality and Outcomes Framework guidance for GMS contract 2013/14
... QRISK2 may be used in patients aged 30 or over and under the age of 85. Clinical effectiveness of primary prevention For people without clinical evidence of CVD, statin therapy is associated with a reduction of fatal and ...
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The role of the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the care of long-term conditions: a systematic review
... Findings Systematic reviews . The first systematic review concluded that the QOF had had a limited impact on health outcomes. 15 The second systematic review concluded that the effect of pay-for-performance ...
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The role of the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the care of long-term conditions: a systematic review.
... experience, quality of life, or ...how outcomes varied according to QOF achievement, because of the lack of suitable controls, the near- universal high level of achievement, and the high likelihood of ...
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Doctor behaviour under a pay for performance contract: : Evidence from the quality and outcomes framework
... We test for gaming of prevalence and exception reporting in two ways. First, true disease prevalence and exception rates are determined by the characteristics of the population served by the practice population. They ...
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2015/16 General Medical Services (GMS) contract Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
... 10 45–80% DEP – rationale for inclusion of the indicator set Depression is common and disabling. In 2000, the estimated point prevalence for a depressive episode among people aged 16 or over and under the age of 74 in ...
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Doctor behaviour under a pay for performance contract : Further evidence from the quality and outcomes framework
... We test for gaming of prevalence and exception reporting in two ways. First, true disease prevalence and exception reporting rates are determined by the characteristics of the population served by the practice. They ...
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Estimating smoking prevalence in general practice using data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
... areas are useful to assess need, inform targeting of inter- ventions delivered through primary care and to evaluate those interventions. For practices and CCGs it is import- ant to be able to evaluate different ...
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Examining the effectiveness of Quality Outcomes Framework targets using individual level data: an econometric analysis
... 25 2.3.3 Paying physicians There are numerous forms of physician incentives common, but used in differing proportions, across the different healthcare delivery systems. There is the salaried system where the physician ...
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Outcomes Framework for Mental Health Services
... The existing inspection bodies are responsibly for providing assurance that NHS Trusts and adult social care services in England are meeting essential standards of quality and safety for everyone. This is ...
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Continuous quality improvement and comprehensive primary healthcare: a systems framework to improve service quality and health outcomes
... However, while the evidence-based medicine movement worked for more than 20 years to develop and apply evidence of what works in clinical health-care improvement through sys- tematic reviews and guidelines; such ...
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An outcomes-based framework for assessing the quality of transnational engineering education at a private college
... Essentially, transnational higher education allows international providers with outstanding credentials to conduct degree programs at local sites in conjunction with local tertiary institutions. Due to the rapid ...
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An outcomes-based framework for assessing the quality of transnational engineering education at a private college
... 4.2.2 Research Samples The sample for this study comprised three different cohorts. The first cohort consisted of 260 undergraduate students studying in the School of Engineering at Trans College. Only one higher ...
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Improving local safeguarding outcomes Developing a strategic quality assurance framework to safeguard children
... of quality assurance ...the quality assurance process, and the nature of that involvement needs to be clearly ...direct quality assurance will help to ensure that quality assurance is not an ...
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